Shh! John Krasinski’s ‘A Quiet Place’ is so far the only original blockbuster of 2018

If you’re a sequel or a comic book movie, there’s a good chance you’ve made a ton of money in 2018. But so far only one original film — that is, not based on existing material — has earned more than $100 million at the U.S. box office: “A Quiet Place.” In fact, John Krasinski‘s apocalyptic horror movie about a family that must live in silence to escape sound-hunting creatures is nearing the $190 million mark domestically. That number is quite impressive for any film, but it’s the all the more important when you consider that “A Quiet Place” is a wholly original story.

As of this writing Paramount’s “A Quiet Place” comes in #8 on this year’s U.S. chart at $188 million. You have to go much farther down the list to find the next two original films: biopic “I Can Only Imagine” at #18 with $83 million and comedy “Game Night” at #20 with $69 million.

Krasinski, perhaps best known as Jim Halpert on NBC’s “The Office” for which he also directed three episodes, has now directed three feature films: “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men” (2009), “The Hollars” (2016) and “A Quiet Place” (2018). He also co-wrote this horror film with Bryan Woods and Scott Beck and starred in it alongside his real-life and on-screen wife Emily Blunt.